BACON, SIR EDMUND, BART., son of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart., MP, Gillingham, Norfolk, and Susan, dau. of Sir Isaac Rebow, Kt., MP; b. 7 Aug 1725; adm. Feb 1735/6 (Armfeild's); left 1743; succ. his father as 6th baronet 2 Oct 1738; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Oct 1743, matr. 1743; MA 1746; Junior Fellow, Gonville and Caius Coll. from Michaelmas 1746; a Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to George II from 7 Sep 1747; d. unm. 6 Apr 1750.
BACON, SIR EDWARD, third son of Sir Nicholas Bacon Kt, Lord Keeper, and his first wife Jane, dau. of William Fernley, West Creeting, Suffolk; b.; it is stated in Al. Cant. that he matr. at Cambridge Univ Mich. 1561 (aged 12), as a fellow commoner of Trinity Coll., but if so he then went to the School; adm.; QS in 1564; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1566, Westminster Student to 1573; BA 1569/70; adm. Gray’s Inn 1566, ancient 21 Nov 1576; MP Great Yarmouth 1576 - Apr 1583, Tavistock Nov 1584 - Sep 1585, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Oct 1586 - Mar 1586/7; High Sheriff, Suffolk 1600-1; knighted 11 May 1603; m. Helen, dau. of Thomas Littell, Shrubland Hall, Suffolk; d. 8 Sep 1618, aged 70. DNB, s. v. Sir Nicholas Bacon.
Bacon, Henry Bowman, 1796-1858
BACON, HENRY BOWMAN, son of Henry Bacon, Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London, attorney, and Jane Sketchley, Newark, Notts. (IGI); b. 3 Sep 1796; adm. Christmas 1812; left 1813; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1813, aged 16, matr. Mich. 1814; BA 1818; MA 1834; ordained deacon 1819 (Chester, lit. dim. from York), priest (York) 17 Dec 1820; Curate, Thurgarton and Hoveringham, Notts.; of “Upton College” on marriage; m. 1839 his cousin Helen Jemima, dau. of Samuel Sketchley, Newark, Notts.; d. 27 Aug 1858.
BACON, JOHN; b.; adm. 1 Jul 1772; left 1778. [Evidently brother of, or close kin to, Charles Bacon, adm. same day] [probably John Bacon Forster, younger brother of William Bacon Forster (see below under William Bacon); bapt. Auckland St. Andrew, co. Durham 20 Nov 1760 (IGI) (as John Bacon); m. 1st, 7 Jun 1784 Elizabeth Hurst (IGI) [check]; m. 2nd, 7 Apr 1786 Sarah Beaver (IGI) [check]; m. 3rd, 21 Jun 1792 Mary Lilliat, dau. of Richard Drinkwater (IGI) [check]; buried Long Horsley, Northumberland May 1799 (IGI)]
BACON, MONTAGU, second son of Nicholas Bacon, Shrubland Hall, Coddenham, Suffolk, by Lady Catherine Montagu, sister of Hon. Oliver Montagu (qv); bapt. Barham, Suffolk 13 Dec 1688; at school under Knipe (Admissions to Trin. Coll. Camb., iii, 13); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 16 Feb 1704/5, aged 16, matr. 1705; MA 1734; adm. Middle Temple 29 Mar 1704, called to bar 15 May 1715; Commissioner for Hawkers and Pedlars 15 Jun 1715 – 7 Mar 1724; subsequently ordained; Rector of Newbold Verdon, Leics., from 1743; author, Critical Historical and Explanatory Notes upon Hudibras, 1752; d. 7 Apr 1749. DNB.
BACON, RICHARD; b.; in school lists 1734-8.
BACON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1744/5 (Gibson's); left 1750.
BACON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. 4 Feb 1772; left Christmas 1775. [Probably William Bacon Forster, son of John William Bacon Forster (previously Bacon), and Sarah, dau. of Joseph Garth, and sister of Edward Turnour Garth Turnour (formerly Garth), 1st Earl Winterton (I) MP; bapt. Auckland St. Andrew, co. Durham 14 Sep 1758 (IGI) (as William Bacon); Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Mar 1776, aged 17; of Newton Cap. Co. Durham; m. 1778 his cousin Lady Catharine Turnour, second dau. of Edward Turnour Garth Turnour (formerly Garth), 1st Earl Winterton (I) MP; d. 15 Apr 1780]